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forkert.

wrong

7 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

adj/fɔˈkeːˀrd/[fʌˈkʰeɐ̯ˀd̥][fɒ̽ˈkʰeɒ̯̽ˀt]

  1. wrong

Where this word comes from

From the past participle to the archaic forkere (“change, turn, distort”), from Middle Low German vorkēren (“to turn in a wrong direction”), from Old Saxon far- + kerian (“to turn”), compare German verkehren (“to interact, turn in a wrong direction”) and verkehrt (“wrong”).

adv/fɔˈkeːˀrd/[fʌˈkʰeɐ̯ˀd̥][fɒ̽ˈkʰeɒ̯̽ˀt]

  1. wrongly, wrong, erroneously

    adverbial
Where this word comes from

From the past participle to the archaic forkere (“change, turn, distort”), from Middle Low German vorkēren (“to turn in a wrong direction”), from Old Saxon far- + kerian (“to turn”), compare German verkehren (“to interact, turn in a wrong direction”) and verkehrt (“wrong”).

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